T1 vs. Dplus KIA Prediction on April 25, 2025

Match info

The battles in the regular season of the League of Legends Champions Korea Season 2025 (LCK Season 2025) won’t stop until June 1. We’re not even halfway right now. Perhaps the biggest concern of the tournament is T1, which are showing a very questionable game so far in Rounds 1-2. They’ll have a chance to improve their precarious position in the standings in a match on the third game day within Week 4 against Dplus KIA on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 7 p.m. local time at LoL Park in Seoul.

We’ll try to find out whether or not the reigning world champions will be able to bounce back at the LCK Season 2025.

Meeting statistics

The current form of T1

The fact that the reigning world champions play as outsiders in the next match is already a red flag and an unusual situation.

After beating the strongest team in China, BLG, in the Grand Final of the Worlds 2024, and fighting their way to the title to become the five-time world champions, T1 underperformed in the first tournament of the 2025 season. In the LCK Cup 2025, they were placed in the Baron Group, where they confidently took first place. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and company, virtually without the help of Lee “Gumayusi” Min-hyung, recorded 4-1. They advanced to the second round of the Play-In where they beat Nongshim RedForce with a score of 2-0, thus moving on to the Playoffs. And there was a surprise: T1 lost to HLE in the first round, finishing in the top 6.

They started the LCK Season 2025 in a bad way. After three weeks, they are in fifth place with a score of 3-3, which is a bad result for a T1-level team.

The current form of the Dplus KIA

Heo “ShowMaker” Su and company are the favorites in this game according to the best online eSports betting sites.

Just like T1, Dplus last participated in the Worlds 2024 before the 2025 season and the LCK Cup 2025. They defeated Fnatic handily to get things started. They then advanced to the High bracket with an equally assured victory over FlyQuest. Dplus lost 0-2 to LNG in their match to advance to the Knockout Stage. Then came the two pivotal games versus Weibo and TES for the team supported by the well-known international automaker. After losing both matches, Dplus finished in the top 11.

They set off the 2025 season by competing in the Elder Group of the LCK Cup 2025, where they showed confident play and defeated all opponents, making the score 5-0 and going straight to the semifinals (Round 2). There, Dplus defeated NS RedForce with a score of 3-1 to reach the Grand Final lobby. That’s where their play began to decline, as they first couldn’t handle HLE, which was followed by a defeat to Gen.G in the Lower Bracket Final.

Here at the LCK Season 2025, Dplus are really showing excellent play, and moving on to the Road to MSI shouldn’t be disputed. They share the second place in the standings with HLE, as they are both 5-1.

Head-to-head

This will be the fifth match between the teams in the span of one year. The last three series have been won by Dplus.

Match analytics

Our pick for this game is Dplus KIA. We don’t see how T1 can defeat the obviously dominant team. It’s unlikely that they’ll win on at least one card due to the chaos in the top lane and Choi “Doran” Hyeon-jun’s subpar form.

Tip: Correct Map Score: 0:2, with odds of 2.9 on 1GO.